Rendang is a dish that is stewed in a rich spicy and coconutty sauce. So it is NEVER crispy. However, I still remember the MasterChef fiasco where the judges commented on a Malaysian contestant’s dish that the rendang isn’t crispy. That got Malaysians up in arms declaring the ‘stupidity’ of the judges, who think they …
In Vietnam, do as the Vietnamese do. Eat Pho and Drink Vietnamese Coffee! So this is what I did. This is part of the street food tour. I got on the bike and the tour guide zooms in and out of the flower market, pass many inter-junctions and turn right when the lights are red. …
Zooming around Ho Chi Minh city in a swarm of motorbikes is surreal. Fortunately, I am a bike rider. I used to go to school in a motor bike when I had my bike license. If you are not used to ridding pillion on a bike, this definitely will freak you out! The scene is …
I was in Vietnam for my holidays. I tried to book a package, but the package tour from Malaysia was only in Mandarin. Unfortunately that is the state of affairs nowadays. A lot of people, I mean Chinese people tend to send their children to Chinese school. So English is not so popular now. English …
As I am staying in Subang, and we are not travelling to Penang until the first day of Chinese New Year, we are having our reunion dinner here. There are a few of us, my family and my sister-in-law’s family. We have it in this restaurant Thai Star. As usual, we have Yee Sang. Then …
I reach Singapore as scheduled. My connecting flight to Kuala Lumpur International Airport is 1 hour. So all connecting flight passengers have less than an hour to get to the boarding gate. Lucky thing I check the onward journey info on the screen before landing, and I know which terminal to go. There are quite …
Hello, as promised, here is Part 2. After visiting some of the places, We have lunch there, and also visited some interesting shops and outlets and strolled the streets around the area. There are bars and pubs in the location and many restaurants and pubs on the streets/ road above.
I was in London a few weeks back to celebrate my daughter’s graduation, and decided to do a food tour. We took this opportunity to visit London Borough Market. I have been there several times over the years, and each time it has changed slightly. This time I noticed that it has really expanded!! There …
Crispy Duck Breast is a recipe that I do when I want to have duck but when I am not willing to spend that much time to prepare a roast duck, Chinese style. This duck recipe is pan-fried duck breast and takes about 30 minutes to cook, if you do not want to add the …
Youtiao, or Chinese doughnut is an easy snack to make. No Yeast! No Oven! Super fluffy and crispy! It’s vegan, too. It uses only 6 ingredients commonly found in the kitchen. We have 4 simple tricks to make this really easy. You Tiao (油条), or we call it You Zha Gui (油炸鬼) in Cantonese, or …
Let’s learn how to make soy milk with only 2 ingredients. This simple process is very easy and you can have thick delicious and hot or cold soy milk. You can make it anytime at home at your convenience. Soy milk is easily available in East Asia and South-east Asia. We get it from the …
My Zong Zi or bak chang is having a make over! As a quest to eat less meat, let us learn how to make Vegetarian Nyonya Bak Chang. It is not Chinese vegetarian as it contains garlic and ginger which is forbidden. It is vegan in the western world, as far as I know, as …
Alkaline dumplings or zongzi, is a sweet dumpling, wrapped in bamboo leaves and it is made in conjunction with the dragon boat festival, or Zongzi festival. Also known as Kee Chang, We usually make 2 kinds of dumplings, the savoury ones like the bak chang, filled with meat and this, the sweet type which is …
This is the Best Pineapple Tart recipe so far (for me). There are only 4 mains steps so it is super simple. I am using the pineapple jam that I made earlier. The pastry sweet short crust pastry and it nice and crumbly full of fragrance.
Malaysian Chicken Rendang Dinner. It’s here again! Friday Night Take-away 29.04.2022. This coming bank holiday weekend, we are having Chicken Rendang dinner. It is one of our family favourites. A bit of effort ( to those who are not into cooking, this is a lot of effort!) is required to make this. So why not …
